Quotes About Steadiness

We would oppose the turning of the planet and refuse the setting of the sun.

Ay, to the proof, as mountains are for winds, that shakes not, though they blow perpetually.

In the depths of horror and despair, one comes to a new steadiness. There is no farther to fall.

Be a peg, hammered into the frozen ground, immovable.

Science does not permit exceptions.

Things will be as they always are," he tells me. "Only more so.

You can never make a ship go steady by propping it outside; you know there must be ballast within the ship to make it go steady. So there is nothing outside us that can keep our hearts in a steady, constant way, but grace within the soul.

I love doing TV. It's so great for my world as a mom, as someone who likes to have a steady job and go to work feeling secure because I'm with a family.

To me, style is consistency.

It speaks volumes for a person that when placed in quite different situations, they display the same spirit of moderation.

In business, it is better to be consistently bad than inconsistent.

Jason Dill held the pencil beam steadily.

he knew no secrets to a long life, he knew plenty about a happy life. Through tragedy and loss, poverty and setbacks, missteps and blown chances, he maintained a steadiness, an evenness, and a self-reliance that today might be called resilience. He had a gift for seizing joy, grabbing opportunities, and holding on to things that

Life, Stormy says, is not about how fast you run or even with what degree of grace. It's about perseverance, about staying on your feet and slogging forward no matter what.

Evidence may not buy happiness, but it sure does steady the nerves.

The tree on the mountain takes whatever the weather brings. If it has any choice at all, it is in putting down roots as deeply as possible."---Each New Day

The general commanding congratulates his troops on their brilliant and successful occupation of Roanoke Island. The courage and steadiness they have shown under fire is what he expected from them, and he accepts it as a token of future victory.

What is the matter?" "You stink of spirits." "I always begin the day with brandied coffee." "How do you expect to ride when you're not steady on your feet?" "The same way I always ride--badly.

How do you expect to ride when you're not steady on your feet?" "The same way I always ride--badly. Your concern for my welfare is misplaced." "My concern is not for your welfare. It's for the horse you intended to ride, and the tenants you're supposed to visit. They have enough hardship to contend with--they don't need to be subjected to the company of a drunken fool.

Spiritual maturity keeps you from being easily swayed in your beliefs

No matter if you walk like a turtle until you don't stop.

Uniformity is the rigorous law of nature; therefore, what happened once can happen always.

What more could one ask of a companion? To be forever new and yet forever steady. To be strange and familiar all at once, with enough change to quicken my mind, enough steadiness to give sanctuary to my heart. The books on my shelf never asked to come together, and they would not trust or want to listen to one another; but each is a piece of a stained-glass whole without which I couldn't make sense to myself, or to the world outside.

In treacherous currents, she is kept steady by a moral anchor the size of a ship.